Lighting fixture



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. KLEIN.

Dec. 26, 1922.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

FILED DEC. 11. 1920.

GEQRGE J. KLEIN, QFGLEVIELAND, OHIO.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

Application filed December 17, 1920. Serial No. 431,454.

To all in 7mmit may concern Be it known that l, Gnonon J. KLEIN, acitizen of the United, State, residing at Uleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ghio, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Lighting Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements lighting fixtures, and moreparticularly that type or class known as pendant lantern fixtures.

A. further object is the provision of an improved lighting fixtureadapted to be teched to or suspended fro; tle ceilings of porches andother places cups. to the weather. and with this end '11 view the im*proved fixture is provided v. 1th an improved frame adapted to support.reinforce and protect the light diffusi 5 shade or side walls, saidshade or fixture frame being pro-- vided at its bottom with an open frzas provided with a second. similarly shaped f1" me hingedly connected.at one side and carry ng a light diffusing section said hinged framebeing provided at its free side with a latching device for detachablyconnecting the hinged bottom section to the opposite or adjacent edge ofthe frame of the fixture.

The improved lamp body or shade, there fore, protects the source ofillumination or lamp bulb and affords ready access to the same thru thelight diffusing hinged bottom section.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction, arrangement and combination of partshereinafter described, illustrated in some of its embodiments in theaccompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure1 is a per spective View of a lighting fixture of the pendant ceilingtype constructed in accordance with this invention, t l

ne hinged con nected bottom section for inserting and removing a lightor lamp bulb being shown in open position.

Fig. 2. a similar view of a lighting fixture of the pendant or lanterntype showing a modified form of hinged bottom section.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts thruout all thefigures of the drawings.

opening adapted to receive the light or lamp bulb 2. and also to receiveand support the top of the pendant fixture frame hereinafter described.

The attaching flange 1. may be provided with openings adapted to receiveand contain attaching elements or screws 3, to enter the overhanging orceiling wall t.

In the form shown in Fig. 2, the overhai' g og top frame 1 may beprovided with a closed. top or covering 5, and may be suspended from anysuitable and convenient pendant or suspensory device.

s means of protecting, supporting and owing e light diffusing shade orside 6, and particularly protecting the corof the latter, an improvedpendant frame is provided said frame consisting of pendant angle cornermembers 7, arranged within and connected to the inner corner portions ofthe rectangular top frame 1., and terminating at the bottom in arelatively fixed open bottom frame 8.

As a means of protecting the light source or bulb 2, as well asprovidingmeans for in serting or removing such lamp bulb without disturbing themain body portion of the fixture a second bottom frame 9, is provided,said frame being similar in shape to the open bottom frame 8, and beingadapted to close the same, said bottom frame 9, being providedwith alight diffusing wall or section 9 As a convenient means f attaching thesecond bottom frame 9 to the frame 8, of the fixture, one side of theframe 9, is provided with hinge members 9", secured to one side of thebottom frame 8, the opposite or free edge of the bottom frame 9, beingpr0- vided' with a latching device consisting, in the present instance,of a pivotally mounted hook shaped latch member 9", adapted to enter aloop or staple member 9% attached to the adjacent portion of the fixedbottom frame 8, the free edge of the frame 9, being provided with a slot9 thru which the eye portion of the staple 9 is adapted to enter.

llf desired, the second or bottom frame 9, may be provided Withdepending frame P; Li

members 9, adapted to support a plurality of shade members 9, as shownmost clearly in Fig of the drawings. i In tno form shown in 1g. 11., thelight diffusing); or shade walls 6, are further protected and reinforcedby means of interme diate framemembers 7, and vertically ex tendingintermediate metallic strips 7.

Having thus described some of the em bodiments of my invention, What llclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is In a lighting fixture,a rectangular top frame having inner corner portions, pendant anglecorner members seated Within and connected to said inner corner portionsof said top frame, a relatively fixed rectangular bottom frame havingcorners seated in and, covered by the lower ends of said pendant anglecorner members, a relatively movable bottom frame hinged to one side ofsaid relatively fixed rectangular bottom frame and detachably connectedto the other side thereof, and a light diffusing section carried by saidbottom frame and having its edges. spaced Within and protected by themarginal edges of said bottom frame. v

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GEORGE J. KLEIN.

